Coverage and performance of colorectal cancer screening with the faecal occult blood test in Finland

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Malila, Nea ^a,g   Palva, Tiina ^b   Malminiemi, Outi ^c   Paimela, Hannu ^d   Anttila, Ahti ^e   Hakulinen, Timo ^e   Järvinen, Heikki ^f   Kotisaari, Marja Liisa ^b   Pikkarainen, Pekka ^a   Rautalahti, Matti ^g   Sankila, Risto ^e   Vertio, Harri ^g   Hakama, Matti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Pirkanmaa Cancer Society   (Finland)

^c Laboratoriokeskus Oy   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e Helsinki University Hospital ^*

^f Cancer Society of Finland   (Finland)

^g Pieni Roobertinkatu 9   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FECES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD;

EID: 79955578822     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2010.010036     Document Type: Article

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